A brand-new SNO Room

Finally the plain and dusty room of mine had a make-over! My counselor, together with my colleagues, helped to paint my special needs room. Just a few days ago, i settled on a sunflower picturesque after browsing through hundreds of images at corbis. Initially I wanted to paint the Grand Canyon with an eagle soaring above it. But I'm afraid it's too intimidating for my students.
Made a last min change to sunflowers and rainbow instead. At least it's more pleasant & gentle looking. More imptly, it corresponds to my hope for the room - confidence & worthiness.

The painting took us 2 days. It was tiring and our backs ached at e` end of it. Most of the drawings and paintings were done by my counselor. She's really talented. We were so awed by her love and talent for painting. Most of all, i'm encouraged by her kindness and love for people. Though I'm a greenhorn in painting and teaching, she never fails to believe & motivate me. Just like ystd, among all the sunflowers, mine is the ugliest. But she never despised, questioned or stopped me from moving on. She gave me the ownership and power to decide and step out of my comfort zone to venture into sth new. At the age of 67, she's still so active, bubbly and energetic. Her joy and strength come from serving God. I'm impressed that such a dynamic woman is so dependent on God. :)

Anyway, the cleaning up wasn't easy. I had to scrub off the unwanted stains & cleaned the entire room. In addition, due to the renovation in the staff room, i had to move all my barang to my room - which means more cleaning and tidying up. At the end of the day, i was just so tired & smelly. :p nevertheless, i'm so thankful for the new look of my room! certainly more appealing and yes, jus found out last night that one of my students loves sunflowers too!

40% accomplished.

My bestie is so focused!

err... i painted this. looks more like goreng bisang though.

me trying to settle for sth easy then..

Part I done!

Part 2 done!

TADA~~